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i called the president of tunisia and said you have to send reinforcements right now. our embassy is going to be over run. he sent it. it stopped. the government has been responsive understanding the terrorists do not just threaten us in western countries, they threaten the stability and the future of the governments. we have to help them the way we helped colombia years ago. finally, we need to do a better job conveying a counter narrative to the extremist jihadist narrative. i have said to this committee before with a lot new members on it, we have abdicated broadcasting arena. yeses we have private stations, cnn, fox, nbc, all of that, they are out there, they convey information but we are not doing what we did during the cold war. our broadcasting board of governors is practically defunct in terms of capacity to be able to tell a message around the world. we are abdicating the ideological arena. we need to get back into it. we have the best values and best narrative. most people in the world just want to have a good, decent life that is supported by a good decent j
i called the president of tunisia and said you have to send reinforcements right now. our embassy is going to be over run. he sent it. it stopped. the government has been responsive understanding the terrorists do not just threaten us in western countries, they threaten the stability and the future of the governments. we have to help them the way we helped colombia years ago. finally, we need to do a better job conveying a counter narrative to the extremist jihadist narrative. i have said to...
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he went to tunisia. he beliefs that the investigation is proceed iing. i know the fbi has been on the hill doing briefings with certain committees. i don't know about this committee. but i certainly hope that the fbi is able to investigate, identify, and hold responsible those who waged this attack against us. and i think based on their work, they feel that they are pursuing some very positive leads. >> okay. my understanding is the tunisian person who was held was released by a judge there. and that person has been released. so basically we don't really know at this point who did it. >> well, congressman, i confirmed with director muller who was just in tunisia meeting with their high officials that this person is basically under law enforcement surveillance. and forbidden to leave. director muller told me that that had been confirmed to him by the tunisians. >> all right. just very briefly, we don't know who -- no one's been held accountable, charged with this offense. before gadhafi was taken out, my understanding is the nation of qatar shipped in 18
he went to tunisia. he beliefs that the investigation is proceed iing. i know the fbi has been on the hill doing briefings with certain committees. i don't know about this committee. but i certainly hope that the fbi is able to investigate, identify, and hold responsible those who waged this attack against us. and i think based on their work, they feel that they are pursuing some very positive leads. >> okay. my understanding is the tunisian person who was held was released by a judge...
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so be it but i can run through many countries and even places like gaza iraq syria libya egypt yemen tunisia where the west has helped the islamists i can also point to places like mali where we're fighting the islamist some saying that's inconsistent oh ok what should be consistent what policy should we have because it seems unclear to me i mean what about democracy that's consistent. daniel go ahead i go again you. i'm not sure it is well why not in other words the islamists are people who have learned to use democratic means to gain for tarion control look at mohamed morsi he's only in office for a couple months and he's already trying to be the new furrow the islamists have learned unlike the fascists and communists who never got that far they have learned to mobilize people and to win elections find good for them doesn't mean i have to support them doesn't mean i have to be in favor of their coming to power i want a modern middle east a modern muslim world that the muslims themselves can achieve and it's not going to be achieved through islamism islamists and that's a backward looking.
so be it but i can run through many countries and even places like gaza iraq syria libya egypt yemen tunisia where the west has helped the islamists i can also point to places like mali where we're fighting the islamist some saying that's inconsistent oh ok what should be consistent what policy should we have because it seems unclear to me i mean what about democracy that's consistent. daniel go ahead i go again you. i'm not sure it is well why not in other words the islamists are people who...
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it's troubling that tunisia recently released a key suspect. poor libyan cooperation hampered the fbi's investigation. success here is a matter of justice. and it's also a matter of signalling to militants that there is no place for them to hide if they attack u.s. personnel. i will now turn to the distinguished ranking member, mr. engle for his opening remarks. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman for holding this important meeting. i hope we can use this as an opportunity to seriously examine the steps we need to take to prevent a repeat of the tragedy in benghazi rather than engaging in gotcha politics that make it more difficult to achieve this bipartisan goal. as the new rinking member, let me say on behalf of this committee, we would like to welcome you back and glad you are feeling better. this will likely be your final appearance before our committee and i want to take the opportunity to let you know how much we appreciate your outstanding and tireless efforts to represent our country in the international community. i have no doubt you
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operation in libya since february twentieth eleven but libya was sandwiched by the regime change in tunisia in egypt on the one hand and that created facilitator the nato operation because gadhafi was isolated with the fall of libya and let's be very clear it's all on record in the mainstream jamestown foundation sources have said that the twenty six who fled after the fall of gadhafi you fought a lot who worked for the n.p.c. french intelligence told them to go to northern mali and destabilize mali and the coup leader in mali who overthrew the civilian government it's on record again on the jamestown foundation website that he was trained by the u.s. and french intelligence services and so not only was my money destabilized and what with terror these courts and so-called your hobbies they're not your hobby if your heart is an honorable obligation to fight against oppression these are death squads who targeted the heritage of mali and the margin people and then nato have wanted these people to actually to draw in our jewry and so this is what's happened and this is a direct consequence nato
operation in libya since february twentieth eleven but libya was sandwiched by the regime change in tunisia in egypt on the one hand and that created facilitator the nato operation because gadhafi was isolated with the fall of libya and let's be very clear it's all on record in the mainstream jamestown foundation sources have said that the twenty six who fled after the fall of gadhafi you fought a lot who worked for the n.p.c. french intelligence told them to go to northern mali and destabilize...
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in tunisia we protected our ambassador but our school was badly damaged. so we have to take a broader view and i think the arb gives us a start but it's not the whole story. >> >> thank you very much for your contribution securing america's place in the world the last four years and for your contribution to world peace. the report does identify specifically people who were found to have engaged in the department in systematic failures and deficiencies. i want to be clear about this, you were not one of those people, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> it was identified earlier that a report dating from the 1990's had said that the secretary should take a personal and active role in security. have you done that in four years at the state department? >> i have been very attuned to the environment in which threats are occurring, the intelligence that is available, certainly not the specific request and decision making which rests with the security professionals. >> regarding the security professionals is there anybody now in existence in the
in tunisia we protected our ambassador but our school was badly damaged. so we have to take a broader view and i think the arb gives us a start but it's not the whole story. >> >> thank you very much for your contribution securing america's place in the world the last four years and for your contribution to world peace. the report does identify specifically people who were found to have engaged in the department in systematic failures and deficiencies. i want to be clear about this,...
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i call the president of tunisia and said you have got to send reinforcements right now. our embassy is going to be over run. he said it, it stopped. the government has been responsive understanding that these extremists to not just threaten us in western countries, they threaten the stability and feature of this government. we have to help them the way we helped colombia years ago. we need to do a better job conveying a counter narrative to the extremist g. hottest narrative. -- jihadist narrative. we have private stations, cnn, fox, nbc, all of that. but we're not doing what we did during the cold war. we are advocating the ideological carina. we have the best values, the best merited. most people in the world just want to have a good decent life that is supported by good decent job and raise their families jihadist narrative philip void. we need to get in there. we can do it successfully. >> madam secretary, thank you for your service. i was you the best in your future endeavors mostly -- iwish you the best in your future endeavors most of. [laughter] herman members an
i call the president of tunisia and said you have got to send reinforcements right now. our embassy is going to be over run. he said it, it stopped. the government has been responsive understanding that these extremists to not just threaten us in western countries, they threaten the stability and feature of this government. we have to help them the way we helped colombia years ago. we need to do a better job conveying a counter narrative to the extremist g. hottest narrative. -- jihadist...
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it is troubling that tunisia recently released a key suspect. poor libyan cooperation has hampered the fbi's investigation. success here is a matter of justice. and it is also a matter of signaling to militants that there is no place for them to hide if they attack u.s. personnel. i will now turn to the distinguished ranking member, mr. engle, for his opening remarks. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for holding this important meeting. i hope we can use this as an opportunity to seriously examine the steps we need to take to prevent a repeat of a tragedy in benghazi, rather than engaging in gotcha politics that make it more difficult to achieve this bipartisan goal. madam secretary, as the new ranking member on the foreign affairs committee, let me say on behalf of the democratic members of this committee we would like to welcome you back to our committee, and we're glad you're feeling better. this will likely be your final appearance before our committee, and i want to take this opportunity to let you know how much we appreciate your outst
it is troubling that tunisia recently released a key suspect. poor libyan cooperation has hampered the fbi's investigation. success here is a matter of justice. and it is also a matter of signaling to militants that there is no place for them to hide if they attack u.s. personnel. i will now turn to the distinguished ranking member, mr. engle, for his opening remarks. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for holding this important meeting. i hope we can use this as an opportunity to...
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we have had attacks on the embassy in tunisia. on september 14. you had the flag flying in egypt. you had all of the attacks on u.s. interest throughout the region with basically no response from the u.s. government. i don't think there is any question that they are emboldened. the key thing to remember here. we talk about this last night. the groups have been growing in strength over the past several years. this is not the first person to do it. the commander in july said, "the u.s. government missed an opportunity to deal with al-qaeda in the aqim when they had a chance." that devastating indictment from the administration. >> bret: we will hear more about the policy arguments ahead of secretarybe clinton testifying january 23 about benghazi, too. that is it for the panel. but stay tuned to see a video that may be too close for comfort. living with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis means living with pain. it could also mean living with joint damage. humira, adalimum, can help treat more than just the pain. for many adults, humira is clinically proven to help relieve pain a
we have had attacks on the embassy in tunisia. on september 14. you had the flag flying in egypt. you had all of the attacks on u.s. interest throughout the region with basically no response from the u.s. government. i don't think there is any question that they are emboldened. the key thing to remember here. we talk about this last night. the groups have been growing in strength over the past several years. this is not the first person to do it. the commander in july said, "the u.s....
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talk with me more about that. >> well, you know early days in arab spring, in cairo, in tunisia they weren't long bearded militants like tehran in 1979. they were young modernists often secular still proud muslims. they didn't want to replay a civil law with shirea law. he has been co opted but part of that was because the foreign policy was complicity. they welcomed the muslim brotherhood and the white house doing that. we haven't been serious about getting behind executive forces. we were serious about getting behind anti communist parties in the cold war in europe. recreating that would be a much better way to go in my opinion. >> as you look at that part of the world it is volatile. we know terrorists are there. we know right next door the french are fighting in mali to drive out terrorists there. they have already asked for our help. we have a situation in turkey where we put patriot missiles on the ground to help them out they have a civil war next door playing out inside syria. going forward, i mean it sounds like this needs to be a part of the world where we engage but how do
talk with me more about that. >> well, you know early days in arab spring, in cairo, in tunisia they weren't long bearded militants like tehran in 1979. they were young modernists often secular still proud muslims. they didn't want to replay a civil law with shirea law. he has been co opted but part of that was because the foreign policy was complicity. they welcomed the muslim brotherhood and the white house doing that. we haven't been serious about getting behind executive forces. we...
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home to some of the richest and giants in the latest news and boss is considering setting up shop in tunisia several decades ago foreign capital helped to build china into a low cost manufacturing powerhouse of that cheap china is losing its edge as the world's factory it's now one of the leading investors into africa helping it become the next full global outsourcing and young for cost foreign direct investments in africa will reach one hundred fifty billion dollars by twenty fifteen from about eighty five billion dollars in two thousand and eleven so far the continent is responsible for only one percent of global manufacturing but x.p. it's believe it's won't be long before manufacturers will start off seeking their supplies for the africa prize. and i had a rare opportunity on friday to speak with one of russia's richest men our legs or posco who has assets all over the world from siberia to africa and i asked him if he thought africa is going to drive teacher economic growth here's what he said you know why not because they're not sure. what prevents them from being the next hot spot for
home to some of the richest and giants in the latest news and boss is considering setting up shop in tunisia several decades ago foreign capital helped to build china into a low cost manufacturing powerhouse of that cheap china is losing its edge as the world's factory it's now one of the leading investors into africa helping it become the next full global outsourcing and young for cost foreign direct investments in africa will reach one hundred fifty billion dollars by twenty fifteen from...
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in tunisia, i told you we told them we had to get that capacity out there. they are still trying to decide how to be a state without a security state. with cairo, we had to call and tell the egyptians, get your people out there. the libyans were very responsive, very willing but no levers to pull and what we've been trying to do and, you know, we need your help to help us pay for what we're trying to do, we are trying to help them build a decent security force. this was a constant conversation. >> before the attack in benghazi, what had we done specifically to help them build their security capacities? >> well, there's a long list and i'll be happy to provide that to you because it is filled with, you know, training, with equipment, with the kind of planning that they had not done before and i'd be happy to send you the detail on that, senator. >> senator casey? >> madam secretary, thank you for being here today to provide this testimony. i'm going to ask you a question that relates to the implementation of the accountability review board recommendations but
in tunisia, i told you we told them we had to get that capacity out there. they are still trying to decide how to be a state without a security state. with cairo, we had to call and tell the egyptians, get your people out there. the libyans were very responsive, very willing but no levers to pull and what we've been trying to do and, you know, we need your help to help us pay for what we're trying to do, we are trying to help them build a decent security force. this was a constant conversation....
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when tunisia refused to let the f.b.i. access to harzi for more than five weeks, the administration took no public steps to use diplomatic tools like u.s. foreign assistance, pressure the tunisian government to make him available. in fact, the f.b.i. only gained access after members of congress threatened amendments to cut off foreign aid if they continued to obstruct the f.b.i. investigation. i was among those members of congress, along with lindsey graham and senator mccain and others. in the interim, i urged the administration to act immediately to suspend foreign assistance if the tunisian government permitted in obstructing the investigation. on january 4, i received a tepid response from the acting deputy, assistant administrator for public affairs at usaid, which i submit for the record, it was a bland assurance that the tunisian government was cooperating. was cooperating? five weeks and the f.b.i. had to wait? then the f.b.i. three hours to talk to him? and we gave this government $325 million last year. today i w
when tunisia refused to let the f.b.i. access to harzi for more than five weeks, the administration took no public steps to use diplomatic tools like u.s. foreign assistance, pressure the tunisian government to make him available. in fact, the f.b.i. only gained access after members of congress threatened amendments to cut off foreign aid if they continued to obstruct the f.b.i. investigation. i was among those members of congress, along with lindsey graham and senator mccain and others. in the...
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there are still a lot of things happening you know some people think there was a low after egypt and tunisia. but there are still a lot of things happening i mean jordan right now is facing a lot of domestic. people are very upset with the government they are vying for some sort of constitutional monarchy that is more. that addresses more of their social concerns and doesn't for example torture people and and have a police state which is what they essentially have crane is still you know people are still fighting for freedom they're they're they're still out in the streets despite the ban on all demonstrations and protests. which the bahraini government has imposed with american support. but you know we'll have to see i think yemen will continue to be a very disappointing area of the arab spring you know there's a lot of protests that tried to oust the previous president ali abdullah saleh and now this guy months or hadi is in and he has become such an immediate american puppet with increased american aid and military assistance basically a bribe so he can continue to secretly bomb his count
there are still a lot of things happening you know some people think there was a low after egypt and tunisia. but there are still a lot of things happening i mean jordan right now is facing a lot of domestic. people are very upset with the government they are vying for some sort of constitutional monarchy that is more. that addresses more of their social concerns and doesn't for example torture people and and have a police state which is what they essentially have crane is still you know people...
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we had a serious threat against our embassy and i had to call the president of tunisia and beg him to send reinforcement. it could have been a disaster, they burned and trashed our school. i was pretty occupied about keeping our people safe, doing what needed to be done in the follow-up to benghazi. i really don't think anybody in the administration was really focused on that so much as trying to figure out what we should be doing. and you know, i wasn't involved in the talking points process. as i understand it, as i've been told, it was a typical inner agency process where staff including from the state department, all participated to try to come up with whatever was going to be made publicly available and it was an intelligence product and it's my understanding the intelligence community is working with committees to explain the whole process. >> thank you i have follow-up questions but my time is up. i gather you still stand by the statement that heavily armed militants assaulted our compound and you vowed to bring them to justice, you still stand by that? >> absolutely. >> senato
we had a serious threat against our embassy and i had to call the president of tunisia and beg him to send reinforcement. it could have been a disaster, they burned and trashed our school. i was pretty occupied about keeping our people safe, doing what needed to be done in the follow-up to benghazi. i really don't think anybody in the administration was really focused on that so much as trying to figure out what we should be doing. and you know, i wasn't involved in the talking points process....
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liberation they hardly wanted to live under islamicists mysie had done is a philosopher in the form and tunisia ambassador to us co his view on the positive impact for the people of mali is that it is actually a colonial throwback. it's ok if you want to come use resources put then it's logical that locals profit as well those riches go to improve their life but that's not the case this way as wild a kind of slavery in mali among the richest national resources in africa yet remains one of the poorest nations in the world for many years this building in paris was the headquarters of the country's ministry of colonies the body which administered french territories overseas today that ministry no longer exists and former french colonies are independent someone that alone no idea is all just part of history and that history may be repeating. very financially r.t. from paris. what i have been numerous reports of weapons are spilling into mali after the toppling of more market after his regime in libya independent political analyst believes the western intervention in libya is the reason behind the t
liberation they hardly wanted to live under islamicists mysie had done is a philosopher in the form and tunisia ambassador to us co his view on the positive impact for the people of mali is that it is actually a colonial throwback. it's ok if you want to come use resources put then it's logical that locals profit as well those riches go to improve their life but that's not the case this way as wild a kind of slavery in mali among the richest national resources in africa yet remains one of the...
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liberation they hardly wanted to live on the islamists missy had that is the philosopher in the form in tunisia ambassador to united his view on the positive impact for the people of mali is that it is actually a colonial throwback. it's ok if you want to come use resources but then it's logical that locals profit as well those riches go to improve their life but that's not the case this was wild a kind of slavery mali him on the richest national resources in africa remains one of the poorest nations in the world for many years there's been in paris was the headquarters of the country's ministry of colonies the body which administered french territories overseas today that ministry no longer exists and former french colonies are independent but someone got along no idea it's all just part of history and that history may be repeating. from paris. and this is all still ahead for you this hour an eco on trial of a veteran who is facing jail for blowing the whistle on the agency's interrogation tactics and exposing torture as a policy says he's being prosecuted right. on the brits as traveling to d
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uprisings have indeed reached pakistan how do you think this all is going to pan out like egypt oh tunisia oma likely they will see red. well frankly speaking yes people are likening it to the hairy square and so many other things but my personal feeling is that in all those uprisings there was not one single leader round whom people could rally but over here they have in the shape of a llama the head of the car that he who is perceived by the vest as well as by the moderates in this country as a person who is not a firebrand cleric but who has got thinking of moderation and not extremism so that way i personally think that he has a big chance of success because more and more people are joining in and it gets a law and order situation is brought about the military may be forced to make sure that the government steps down and gives the chance to the moderate pakistan is a nuclear power is that a danger of itself not falling into the wrong hands and there's a revolutionary time well that. that is a very potent question but just to put your mind at ease and the mind of the people who are watc
uprisings have indeed reached pakistan how do you think this all is going to pan out like egypt oh tunisia oma likely they will see red. well frankly speaking yes people are likening it to the hairy square and so many other things but my personal feeling is that in all those uprisings there was not one single leader round whom people could rally but over here they have in the shape of a llama the head of the car that he who is perceived by the vest as well as by the moderates in this country as...
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liberation they hardly wanted to live under islamicists misery had that is the philosopher in the form of tunisia ambassador to us his view on the positive impact for the people of mali is that it is actually a colonial throwback. it's ok if you want to come use resources but then it's logical that locals profit is world those riches go to improve their life but that's not the case this way is wild a kind of slavery mali among the richest national resources in africa yet remains one of the poorest nations in the world for many years there's been going to paris was the headquarters of the country's ministry of colonies the body able to administer french territories overseas today that ministry no longer exists and former french colonies are independent someone that alone no idea is all just part of history and that history may be repeating. an option r t from paris. and in the meantime france's stepped up its domestic security following the start of the mali military campaign this over fears of terrorist attacks in the run up to the intervention of the country's defense minister said extremists oc
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i had to call the president of tunisia and beg him to send reinforcements which he did to finally save our embassy which could have been disasterous. they burned and trashed our school. i was pretty occupied about keeping our people safe. doing what needed to be done, in the follow-up to benghazi. i don't really think anybody in the administration was really focused on that so much as trying to figure out, you know, what we should be doing. and, you know, i wasn't involved in the talking points process. as i understand it, as i've been told. it was a typical inner agency process where staff, including from the state department, all participated to try to come up with whatever was going to be made. this is a intelligence product and it is my understanding that the intelligence community is working with appropriate committees to explain the whole process. >> my time is up. i gather you still stand by the statement you made less than 24 hours. that heavily armed militants assaulted our compound, and you vowed to bring them to justice. you still stand by it? >> absolutely. >> senator cardi
i had to call the president of tunisia and beg him to send reinforcements which he did to finally save our embassy which could have been disasterous. they burned and trashed our school. i was pretty occupied about keeping our people safe. doing what needed to be done, in the follow-up to benghazi. i don't really think anybody in the administration was really focused on that so much as trying to figure out, you know, what we should be doing. and, you know, i wasn't involved in the talking points...
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i've conferred with the president of libya, the foreign ministers and prime ministers of tunisia and morocco. i met with a very large group of regional leaders at the un and was part of a special meeting focused on mali and the sahel. in october, i flew to algeria to discuss the fight against aqim. in november, i sent deputy secretary bill burns on an interagency group to algiers to continue that conversation. and then in my stead, he co- chaired the global counterterrorism forum that was held in abu dhabi and a meeting in tunis of leaders working on building new democracies and reforming security services. closing safe havens, cutting off finances, countering their extremist ideology, slowing the flow of new recruits. we continue to hunt the terrorists responsible for the attacks in benghazi and are determined to bring them to justice. we are using our diplomatic and economic tools to support the emerging democracies and strengthen to provide a path away from extremism. the united states must continue to lead in the middle east, in north africa, and around the world. we've come a lo
i've conferred with the president of libya, the foreign ministers and prime ministers of tunisia and morocco. i met with a very large group of regional leaders at the un and was part of a special meeting focused on mali and the sahel. in october, i flew to algeria to discuss the fight against aqim. in november, i sent deputy secretary bill burns on an interagency group to algiers to continue that conversation. and then in my stead, he co- chaired the global counterterrorism forum that was held...
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yes, a fruit vendor in tunisia set himself on fire. yes, there was social media that helped spread this enthusiasm for change. but the united states did turn its back on mubarak in egypt. and i think we're going to look back and see that as one of the most important decisions president obama ever made. and i'm not sure if it was the right one or not. >> i am deeply and respectful of your experience and like everyone else happy to see you sitting here at this table. but do you believe that we could hold back the tide of history, that if the united states had made a different decision that -- >> yes, i think that syria wouldn't have happened. the revolution in libya would have started, and the rebels would have lost. things would have been very different had that decision not been taken. was it the right decision or wrong decision, i don't think we know yet. but it was a very pivotal decision. i don't think things would have gone on as they continued -- >> but this is a -- >> joe scarborough, take the issue of syria. how does the united
yes, a fruit vendor in tunisia set himself on fire. yes, there was social media that helped spread this enthusiasm for change. but the united states did turn its back on mubarak in egypt. and i think we're going to look back and see that as one of the most important decisions president obama ever made. and i'm not sure if it was the right one or not. >> i am deeply and respectful of your experience and like everyone else happy to see you sitting here at this table. but do you believe that...
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liberation they hardly wanted to live under islamicists mess they had that is the philosopher in the form of tunisia ambassador to damascus his view on the positive impact for the people of mali is that it is actually a colonial throwback. it's ok if you want to come use resources but then it's logical that locals profit as well those riches go to improve their life but that's not the case this way is wild a kind of slavery mali him on the richest national resources in africa yet remains one of the poorest nations in the world for many years there's been going in paris was the headquarters of the country's ministry of colonies their body able to minister to french territories overseas today that ministry no longer exists and former french colonies are independent but someone that i want to ideas are just part of history and that history may be repeating. now our team from paris. for more on the nato intervention in mali let's talk to north an expert writing on the middle east tariq ali. we are getting those reports of the first evidence split in the ranks of the islam is some of them saying they are
liberation they hardly wanted to live under islamicists mess they had that is the philosopher in the form of tunisia ambassador to damascus his view on the positive impact for the people of mali is that it is actually a colonial throwback. it's ok if you want to come use resources but then it's logical that locals profit as well those riches go to improve their life but that's not the case this way is wild a kind of slavery mali him on the richest national resources in africa yet remains one of...
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addition to the military campaign in mali itself thought to be sending special forces to neighboring tunisia where to protect your reign him sides run by a state owned company the french say the site in new jersey could become the target for african islamist militants who threatened revenge on paris for the mali intervention again. insurgents. and mali their neighbors of course and their former french colonies have resources that the french energy sector is heavily dependent upon. maria for nor should i explain is that already raising questions about a french intentions in the region. the french have died headlong into the military operation in mali but the discussion is too ongoing as to exactly why the western nation has put boots on african soil again costing money and people's lives. official rhetoric remains in line with the mantra of the war on terrorism but some statements suggest another layer of france's defense minister has declared total become quest of mali is the main goal with the president echoing french troops twenty five hundred so far who remain in the region for as long as
addition to the military campaign in mali itself thought to be sending special forces to neighboring tunisia where to protect your reign him sides run by a state owned company the french say the site in new jersey could become the target for african islamist militants who threatened revenge on paris for the mali intervention again. insurgents. and mali their neighbors of course and their former french colonies have resources that the french energy sector is heavily dependent upon. maria for nor...
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the new government of tunisia is now sold in a big auction. all these treasures collected by tunisia's ousted president. a fleet of luxury sports cars, gold statues, jewelry. this is all being auctioned off. officials say all the money went right back into the country's economy. if you were among more than 1 million people who owned certain models of toyota, there is news you will want to hear. the carmaker is hit by another recall. invest exactly how they want. with scottrade's online banking, i get one view of my bank and brokerage accounts with one login... to easily move my money when i need to. plus, when i call my local scottrade office, i can talk to someone who knows how i trade. because i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade. awarded five-stars from smartmoney magazine. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> a possible tornado touches down. chad, what do we know? >> north of atlanta there is a suburb called adairsville along i-75. there is quite a a bit of damage inside. we were o
the new government of tunisia is now sold in a big auction. all these treasures collected by tunisia's ousted president. a fleet of luxury sports cars, gold statues, jewelry. this is all being auctioned off. officials say all the money went right back into the country's economy. if you were among more than 1 million people who owned certain models of toyota, there is news you will want to hear. the carmaker is hit by another recall. invest exactly how they want. with scottrade's online banking,...
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they had been elected in tunisia, egypt, and probably will be elected in turkey and other countries. do you think that having islam is inside the tent in a helpscal smear a-- sphere diminish the threat of outside groups like al qaeda? >> hopefully political pluralism is breaking out in the middle east. countries will find expressions with political parties. we are strong advocates of using the political system, the laws, to be able to express their individual groups within different countries. rather than finding expression through violent extremism, these groups have the opportunity as they never had before in countries like tunisia and in egypt, yemen and other places, where they can participate meaningfully within a system. this will take some time for the system to mature sufficiently so that there can be a very robust system there. certainly, those individuals who are associated with parties that have a religious basis, they can have the opportunity in that system. >> my second question, you mentioned yemen. that has been part of the broader portfolio. i know you made many trips
they had been elected in tunisia, egypt, and probably will be elected in turkey and other countries. do you think that having islam is inside the tent in a helpscal smear a-- sphere diminish the threat of outside groups like al qaeda? >> hopefully political pluralism is breaking out in the middle east. countries will find expressions with political parties. we are strong advocates of using the political system, the laws, to be able to express their individual groups within different...